Section 3: Results by Fields of Research Code
07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences is comprised of the following four-digit codes:
- 0701 Agriculture, Land and Farm Management
- 0702 Animal Production
- 0703 Crop and Pasture Production
- 0704 Fisheries Sciences
- 0705 Forestry Sciences
- 0706 Horticultural Production
- 0707 Veterinary Sciences
- 0799 Other Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
17 out of 24 two-digit UoEs and 40 out of 55 four-digit UoEs assessed were rated above world standard
FoR Overview
Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences (07) accounted for approximately three per cent of the research outputs submitted to ERA 2015. While most of the Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences research outputs were journal articles (82 per cent), there was a significant proportion of conference papers (12 per cent). Crop and Pasture Production (0703) was the largest sub-discipline in terms of research outputs and research income. Veterinary Sciences (0707) had the highest number of staff, while Animal Production (0702) had the highest research commercialisation income.
| Indicator |
No. |
|---|---|
Research outputs |
12,094.8 |
Research income |
$531,922,829 |
FTEs |
1,287.5 |
Esteem count |
33.2 |
Patents |
22.3 |
Research commercialisation income |
$35,495,083 |
| Rating |
Distribution |
|
|---|---|---|
| Two-digit |
Four-digit |
|
5 |
5 |
21 |
4 |
12 |
19 |
3 |
7 |
15 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Total |
24 |
55 |
Number of UoEs per rating scale score
Note: 07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences shows assessed two-digit UoEs only.
Research outputs submitted by type
| FoR code |
Book |
Book Chapter |
Journal Article |
Conference Paper |
NTRO |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0701 Agriculture, Land and Farm Management |
11.7 |
78.5 |
776.2 |
168.1 |
7.6 |
1,042.2 |
0702 Animal Production |
6.6 |
80.3 |
1,241.5 |
457.8 |
18.0 |
1,804.2 |
0703 Crop and Pasture Production |
4.0 |
158.2 |
2,006.1 |
488.5 |
3.3 |
2,660.0 |
0704 Fisheries Sciences |
8.6 |
98.8 |
1,517.7 |
27.1 |
35.5 |
1,687.6 |
0705 Forestry Sciences |
5.2 |
79.9 |
881.2 |
40.8 |
21.2 |
1,028.4 |
0706 Horticultural Production |
2.0 |
41.5 |
826.2 |
116.2 |
8.8 |
994.7 |
0707 Veterinary Sciences |
2.3 |
65.1 |
2,279.8 |
71.4 |
6.3 |
2,424.9 |
0799 Other Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences |
1.0 |
17.3 |
373.3 |
61.3 |
0.0 |
452.9 |
Total |
41.3 |
619.5 |
9,902.1 |
1,431.3 |
100.7 |
12,094.8 |
Research income by year-all categories ($)
| FoR code |
2011 ($) |
2012 ($) |
2013 ($) |
Total ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
0701 Agriculture, Land and Farm Management |
15,859,759 |
12,709,952 |
18,468,792 |
47,038,502 |
0702 Animal Production |
31,033,305 |
25,430,549 |
35,260,944 |
91,724,799 |
0703 Crop and Pasture Production |
53,860,611 |
73,608,584 |
71,220,981 |
198,690,176 |
0704 Fisheries Sciences |
22,334,001 |
21,119,466 |
24,020,513 |
67,473,980 |
0705 Forestry Sciences |
14,107,656 |
16,577,788 |
11,854,006 |
42,539,449 |
0706 Horticultural Production |
10,693,349 |
9,405,171 |
12,721,622 |
32,820,142 |
0707 Veterinary Sciences |
15,182,447 |
18,142,481 |
16,837,247 |
50,162,175 |
0799 Other Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences |
549,051 |
524,855 |
399,699 |
1,473,605 |
Total |
163,620,179 |
177,518,845 |
190,783,805 |
531,922,829 |
Staffing profile by academic level
| FoR code |
Level E |
Level D |
Level C |
Level B |
Level A |
Other FTE |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0701 Agriculture, Land and Farm Management |
12.6 |
13.8 |
19.7 |
36.0 |
12.4 |
10.0 |
104.4 |
0702 Animal Production |
18.9 |
25.3 |
38.6 |
36.7 |
26.5 |
9.7 |
155.8 |
0703 Crop and Pasture Production |
34.3 |
32.6 |
46.7 |
58.1 |
48.7 |
34.1 |
254.4 |
0704 Fisheries Sciences |
15.0 |
21.2 |
32.7 |
42.4 |
21.7 |
45.4 |
178.5 |
0705 Forestry Sciences |
14.0 |
13.6 |
18.5 |
15.1 |
16.6 |
15.0 |
92.9 |
0706 Horticultural Production |
11.6 |
10.6 |
21.3 |
23.1 |
24.6 |
12.2 |
103.4 |
0707 Veterinary Sciences |
36.0 |
50.0 |
83.9 |
66.7 |
36.5 |
21.7 |
294.8 |
0799 Other Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences |
3.6 |
6.7 |
7.6 |
33.9 |
35.0 |
16.6 |
103.3 |
Total |
146.0 |
173.9 |
269.0 |
312.0 |
221.9 |
164.7 |
1,287.5 |
Patent profile
| FoR code |
Australia |
USA |
Europe |
Japan |
Other International |
Triadic |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0701 Agriculture, Land and Farm Management |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0702 Animal Production |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
1.5 |
0703 Crop and Pasture Production |
2.0 |
2.0 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
4.5 |
0.0 |
8.8 |
0704 Fisheries Sciences |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0705 Forestry Sciences |
2.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
0.0 |
7.0 |
0706 Horticultural Production |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0707 Veterinary Sciences |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
5.0 |
0799 Other Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
Total |
5.3 |
4.0 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
10.7 |
0.0 |
22.3 |
Research commercialisation income by year ($)
| FoR code |
2011 ($) |
2012 ($) |
2013 ($) |
Total ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
0701 Agriculture, Land and Farm Management |
23,249 |
11,559 |
61,648 |
96,456 |
0702 Animal Production |
7,533,000 |
8,097,000 |
7,927,000 |
23,557,000 |
0703 Crop and Pasture Production |
3,109,454 |
3,841,066 |
4,268,313 |
11,218,833 |
0704 Fisheries Sciences |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0705 Forestry Sciences |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0706 Horticultural Production |
102,500 |
39,952 |
80,658 |
223,110 |
0707 Veterinary Sciences |
102,365 |
149,603 |
147,717 |
399,685 |
0799 Other Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total |
10,870,568 |
12,139,180 |
12,485,335 |
35,495,083 |